We have always known (and come to acknowledge it as a fact) that the numeric system starts at 0 (I am talking about a real life scenario wherein 0 is the least and 100 is considered to be complete). Infact, it is so much embedded within our system that we have stopped (or never started) questioning it. But is this really true? Why is 0 considered to be the start of all numbers and 100% completion means that the task is completed? Is it because cent means 100? If so, why was cent fixed to be 100 and not 10 or 1000? These are really confusing questions to answer. When we say a task is nearing 100%, we immediately think that it is nearing completion and all the sub-tasks within this task are fulfilled. How about thinking it this way? When we say a task is nearing 100% completion, it could also be thought as the "pending" sub-tasks are nearing 0. Which means, 0 could now be taken to be the completion value. Then the notation 100 loses it's significance. The same is with a graph of the amount of knowledge a person gathers over life. It is said, this graph curve is sharp in the initial stages (like childhood, adolescence) and starts tending to be come horizontal in the later stages. It is attributed to the reason that the grasping power of a person tends to go down with age. Also, the person starts implementing the knowledge he has gained so far in real life situations rather than learning something new.
Then could this also be considered here as below. When we plot this graph with the age on the X Axis and the brain capacity on the Y axis, the graph shows a different picture eventhough the final goal is the same.
We, as human beings, lack the will to question the facts. We are "taught" at school that 0 is the least, and the more we increment, the better. If only we could reverse this order, we would stop being human beings and become GOD.
Aham Brahmasvi
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